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Restoration Comedy

Restoration Comedy

Paperback Published on: 15/08/2002
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Synopsis

The two plays presented in full in this volume - Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World - illustrate the evolution of Restoration comedy between 1675 and 1700.

  • Includes full texts of Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World.
  • Demonstrates how Restoration comedy evolved between 1675 and 1700.
  • Introduces general readers or students to the genre.
  • An editorial introduction guides readers through the plays and the period.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Wiley
  • ISBN: 9780631234722
  • Number of pages: 153
  • Dimensions: 215 x 123 x 12 mm
  • Weight: 186g
  • Languages: English